Chapter 533: Could it be that Huang Zhong showed mercy?
"Your Majesty, this is bad, quickly avoid the arrows!"

Before Yuan Shu's anger subsided, the guards beside him suddenly shouted. The sound was so loud that it hurt his ears. For a moment, he was unable to react. Avoid the arrow? Avoid what arrow?

Yuan Shu felt a huge force pushing him away, and he accidentally fell on his buttocks. He grimaced in pain, and subconsciously wanted to scold his guards.

However, when he raised his head and looked carefully, his pupils shrank rapidly to the size of a pinhole, and the words that were on the tip of his tongue could not come out.

arrow.

Arrows whizzed in from all directions, and there were two or three arrows stuck in the place where he had just stood! Even the arrow feathers were shaking slightly!
Something is wrong, very wrong!

Liu Xuande's troops stationed outside the city obviously failed to capture Shouchun City. How did Liu Xuande have so many arrows after such a long attack? ! And why did he find them so quickly? !

Could it be a trap?!

Yuan Shu's face became increasingly ugly.

"His Majesty!"

Zheng Bao helped Yuan Shu, who had fallen to the ground, up and called out to the shield soldiers, "Raise your shields, raise your shields!"

The soldiers present were indeed Yuan Shu's elite troops. As soon as Zheng Bao gave the order, they set up their shields extremely quickly.

One shield after another raised high formed a solid fortress. Even though the attack of arrows was like a torrential rain, it could not shake the fortress at all, giving Yuan Shu and others a chance to catch their breath.

"Your Majesty, we can't stay here for long. We should retreat in time!" Zheng Bao was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Yuan Shu was about to speak when there was a loud bang. A huge stone bullet fell from the sky and instantly smashed the shield soldiers in front of him to pieces, and at the same time, it also smashed all his words back into his stomach.

Catapult!
Yuan Shu immediately thought of Huang Zhong and Guan Yu's catapults. That defeat was a nightmare that he didn't want to mention. Each stone bullet was like a meteor hitting the earth. No matter how powerful the generals were, they had to retreat in the face of these stone bullets!
He knew that since Huang Zhong and Guan Yu could take out such a catapult, Liu Bei could naturally do the same, but he never expected that this catapult would actually come towards them! And it was so accurate! As if it had eyes!

Oh no, it’s a trap!
I regret not listening to the Prime Minister!
Stone bullets kept coming, smashing the soldiers to pieces every time they landed. Even the solid shield formation was no different from fragile paper under the violent bombardment of stone bullets.

Yuan Shu was shocked and frightened, and his heart was bleeding.

Liu Xuande not only deceived his generals and soldiers away, but also wanted to buy the lives of his remaining elite soldiers!

But he is powerless
This can't go on!
Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and immediately gave the order, "Retreat, retreat!"

"Hahaha!"

"This catapult is really interesting and powerful!"

"Bombs, bombs, keep bombing!"

King Chen Liu Chong commanded his soldiers to use catapults to continuously launch stone bombs. During the command process, he seemed to feel that it was not straightforward enough, so he directly took over the launching position of the catapult of the soldier next to him and controlled it himself.

Even if I am tired and sweaty, I still enjoy it.

Until a messenger hurriedly brought him the disappointing news, "My king, General Xu said there is no need to drop bombs, no need to drop bombs. General Wei led his troops to chase after the Yuan thief!"

"Understood." Liu Chong stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers to stop attacking.

This commotion naturally alarmed Shouchun City. The defenders in Shouchun City looked into the distance and saw a corner of Yuan Shu's flag.

The days of depression disappeared without a trace at this moment.

The garrison commander raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Yuan Shu's army. He shouted in delight, "Brothers, our hard times are over! His Majesty is back! His Majesty is back, Shouchun is safe!" As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something, and he continued to shout, "Brothers, now is a great opportunity to make a contribution! We might as well get ready. When His Majesty launches an attack on Liu Xuande, it will be a great opportunity for us to go out of the city to coordinate. At that time, we will attack His Majesty from both sides, and Liu Xuande will be unable to take care of both ends!"

Just as the garrison commander was excited, a soldier beside him asked in confusion, "General, you are right. But why is your majesty's flag retreating so quickly?"

"Ok?"

The defending general had a bad feeling in his heart and looked hurriedly in the direction of Yuan Shu's flag.

It would have been fine if I hadn't looked at it, but once I did I was really shocked.

The guard's eyes widened. It was just as the soldiers said. Yuan Shu's flag was being withdrawn quickly. It seemed as if it was just an illusion.

The guard's face turned very ugly.
However, the soldier did not notice this, and he asked, "General, shall we leave the city?"

"Shut up!" The guard glared at the soldier fiercely.

"call."

Zhou Yu galloped along with Liu Bei's army. Looking at Liu Bei, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Sun Ce and others in front of him, he let out a breath.

The turn of events was somewhat beyond his expectations. First, Liu Bei instructed Liu Chong that if Yuan Shu showed up, he should do his best to deal with him.

At first Zhou Yu thought Liu Bei was joking, but unexpectedly, scouts discovered that Yuan Shu had actually come to the attack position of bows and catapults.

If he had not been on the battlefield, he would have thought that Yuan Shu was Liu Bei's distinguished guest. Otherwise, why did Liu Bei know Yuan Shu's whereabouts so well?

In addition, Yuan Shu's military strength was almost the same as Liu Bei's, about 40,000 troops.

Zhou Yu was relieved immediately. What was there to worry about with Yuan Shu who had 40,000 troops? Wouldn't it be easy to deal with Yuan Shu?

Therefore, Zhou Yu, who was both civil and military, volunteered to join the vanguard army.

"Gongjin."

"Bo Fu?"

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce, who said sternly, "We are almost catching up with Yuan the thief, please be careful."

"Don't worry, Bofu." Zhou Yu had just replied to Sun Ce when he saw Taishi Ci picked up the small bow and put the arrow on it in one go.

Zhou Yu naturally knew what Taishi Ci meant, and was slightly surprised. Was Ziyi going to shoot an arrow right away? It was indeed extraordinary.

Taishi Ci took a deep breath, and locked his eagle-like sharp eyes on the fleeing Yuan soldiers in front of him. He began to exert strength with his arms as strong as steel, and easily pulled the taut bowstring to its limit. With a crisp sound of the string, the arrow shot out like lightning and hit the vital point of the Yuan soldier in front.

It wasn't over yet. Taishi Ci did not stop just because he shot the enemy soldier. He pulled out the arrow from the quiver and immediately put it on the bowstring, then repeated the previous action.

In just a blink of an eye, he shot several arrows, his shooting speed getting faster and faster, and each arrow went straight to the vital point. Just like a ruthless archery machine!

When Zhou Yu saw Taishi Ci shooting an arrow, he guessed that Taishi Ci was an extraordinary archer, but he didn't expect that he was so good! In a trance, the enemy was shot and fell off his horse. Of course, the bow and stirrups helped.

If he were to be honest, even if they had such a bow and stirrups, neither he nor Sun Ce would be able to achieve what Taishi Ci did.

So the question is, was it because Huang Zhong, who was the best archer, showed mercy by not being able to kill Sun Jian with one arrow?

(End of this chapter)